Local climate activists are on edge after people claiming to be FBI agents visited at least six at their homes on the same day in Greater Boston in March. Weeks later, the motivations behind these visits remain a mystery.
    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      19 minutes ago

      Becoming? Do you not know about the civil rights era? J. Edgar Hoover?

    • thegr8goldfish@startrek.website
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      3 hours ago

      Marco Rubio wrote that Mohsen Mahdawi, a green-card holder who was detained at a citizenship appointment in Vermont, should be deported because his activism threatens foreign policy goals.

      This guy must be an MLK tier orator if giving some speeches, with practically no reporting by the press, is enough to threaten the foreign policy goals of the (arguably) most powerful nation on the planet.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        Either he is a great speaker with a powerful message … or it is such a weak kneed nation that it can’t possibly handle even the slightest criticism because it is so fragile and weak

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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          29 minutes ago

          It’s the second namely because the US isnt a nation, it’s a bunch of nations who fucking hate each other pretending to be a single nation. This frankly stupid way of having an imperial identity means that the fucking second it starts to crack on a large scale it will probably fall apart rather quickly.